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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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1. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






2. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






3. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






4. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






5. Renowned for paintings and prints






6. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






7. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






8. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






9. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






10. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






11. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






12. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






13. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






14. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






15. Where the revolving door was fully developed






16. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






17. Creates blue dye






18. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






19. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






20. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






21. Known for his glass sculpture






22. Pale green






23. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






24. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






25. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






26. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






27. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






28. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






29. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






30. The amount of light reflected by a hue






31. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






32. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






33. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






34. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






35. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






36. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






37. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






38. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






39. Something that supports a sculpture






40. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






41. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






42. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






43. Technique of shading using dots to control value






44. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






45. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






46. Application of potassium sulphide






47. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






48. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






49. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






50. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil







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